US EditionRow erupts within UK’s governing Labour Party after popular mayor blocked from upcoming election
Labour's NEC blocked Burnham to avoid a costly mayoral election in Manchester, amid concerns about internal rivalry and campaign resource strain, party said.
- Britain's governing Labour Party faced internal conflict after its popular mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, was barred from running in an upcoming parliamentary election.
- Burnham, known as the 'King of the North', has previously sought the Labour leadership and was seen as a potential rival to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
- The decision to block Burnham was made by Labour's governing body to avoid an 'unnecessary election' for Manchester mayor, but critics claimed Starmer did not want a rival in Parliament.
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Row erupts within UK’s Labour Party after Manchester mayor blocked from election
A row erupted Sunday within Britain’s governing Labour Party after the ambitious mayor of Manchester was prevented from trying to re-enter parliament at a special election in the city in the coming weeks, with critics claiming that Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not want to see a potential rival back in the House of Commons. Andy Burnham, who has been in charge of the Greater Manchester region since 2017, made a request to Labour’s governing co…
Keir Starmer was a lawyer and prosecutor rather than a politician, and knows that any legal spring is good for achieving a goal, even if he has some dirty play. The Prime Minister has used the Labor Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to block the attempt by the popular mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, to challenge him for leadership of the formation. Eights of the ten NEC members, the only body that could give permission to the mayor t…
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Row erupts within UK's governing Labour Party after popular mayor blocked from upcoming election
A row has erupted within Britain’s governing Labour Party after its popular mayor of Manchester was prevented from standing at a special election, with critics claiming that Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not want to see a potential rival back in the House of Commons.
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